Chinese Ceramics
Ye Zhemin
This volume collects the lectures and conferences of prof. Ye Zhemin during his stay in Europe. Preface of Prof. Stefania Stafutti, of the University of Turin, and introduction by Fr. Augusto Luca. The lectures are illustrated by 80 pages in full color, with comments on the topics covered.
Professor Ye Zhemin of the Beijing Central Academy of Arts and Crafts is a leading scholar of "Ancient Chinese Pottery", a teacher, researcher, lecturer known internationally.
In May 1998, the Museum invited the professor for conferences in Italy and Great Britain. We thus had the opportunity to evaluate the Chinese objects of our collection and to organize conferences on Chinese ceramics in Italian cities and universities, and in Oxfort and Cambridge, in Great Britain.
"In the home of a happy family, simple ceramic shines more than jade." (Chinese proverb)
After the preface by prof. Stefania Stafutti of the University of Turin and a broad introduction by Fr. Augusto Luca, the conferences by Prof. Ye Zhemin are presented and illustrated by 80 photos. The themes deal with the historical development of Chinese ceramics, the relationship between ceramics and the art of Chinese calligraphy and painting, the splendid ceramics of the Song period, the Cizhou ceramics, the "white and blue" porcelains, the ceramics of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
At the end, the volume offers maps of China (the administrative division), of the main archaeological sites, of famous kilns for the production of ceramics; and a glossary of the Chinese characters on the topic.
